TNAG-1623-FCO40-2237-Relations-between-Hong-Kong-and-China-1987 — Page 35

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THE

OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT, THE CHINESE SIDE HAS ALIENATED PRO- ELECTION FACTIONS IN HK, BY ACCUSING THEM OF ACTING ON THE

POLITICAL FORCE. ITS DIRECTION OF CERTAIN (I.E. BRITISH)

DIAGNOSED THE FAILURE OF THE CHINESE POLICY AS :

(A) AN OVER-RELIANCE ON THE LONGER-TERM POLITICAL DOMINANCE OF CHINA, AND

(B) THE INABILITY OF THE CHINESE SIDE SUCH AS HONG KONG.

TO MANAGE A CAPITALIST SOCIETY

IT SAID A LACK OF TRUST (BY

(BY CHINA)

THESE

THE CAUSES OF THESE FAILURES WERE, CHINA) OF HK PEOPLE AND THE INABILITY OF POLITICAL COMPROMISE. THE PRICE OF FAITH IN CHINA BY MANY PEOPLE IN HK.

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TO ACCEPT A DEGREE FAILURES WAS THE LOSS OF

5. THE KEY TO A MORE EFFECTIVE CHINESE POLICY TOWARD HK WOULD, THE ARTICLE SAID, BE A GREATER DEGREE OF CONFIDENCE ON THE GOOD INTENTION OF HK PEOPLE. THE CHINESE SIDE SHOULD NOT (NOT) CHOOSE TO

CONSISTENT TRUST ONLY CERTAIN TYPES OF HK PEOPLE BUT NOT OTHERS. WITH THE HONG KONG PEOPLE RULING HONG KONG'' POLICY, CHINA SHOULD PEOPLE EVEN IF THAT RECOGNISE AND SUPPORT A GOVERNMENT CHOSEN BY HK GOVERNMENT WAS COMPOSED OF PEOPLE CHINA DID NOT LIKE VERY MUCH. THE HISTORY OF THE LAST 40 YEARS IN CHINA HAD SHOWN THAT THE COMMUNIST HABIT OF INTERFERING IN EVERYTHING WAS A ''POLITICAL BURDEN' TO APPLY THAT APPROACH IN HK WOULD PROVE TO BE DISASTROUS.

6. FINALLY, THE ARTICLE ENDED WITH AN EXHORTATION THAT THOSE WHO POSSESS POWER SHOULD BE PARTICULARLY CAREFUL ABOUT THE EXERCISE OF THAT POWER.

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